After five seasons on the air, CBS has killed a staple of the Friday night schedule. Ghost Whisperer won’t be back next fall on the Tiffany network. Not unless it can come back from the dead…
Ghost Whisperer tells the tale of Melinda Gordon (Jennifer Love Hewitt), a young woman with the ability to see and talk to dead people. Regular castmembers over the past five seasons have included David Conrad, Camryn Manheim, Jay Mohr, Aisha Tyler, Christoph Sanders, Jamie Kennedy, and Kenneth Mitchell.
The TV show debuted in September 2005 and the season attracted an average of a 2.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 10.2 million viewers. In seasons two and three, the demo rose to a 3.0 rating with 9.9 and 8.6 million viewers respectively. For season four, the ratings went up again, to a 3.7 rating and 10.6 million viewers.
Unfortunately this year, the ratings fell — a lot. The season kicked off with a 2.3 rating and 8.7 million viewers. Things went further downhill from there. Last month, they hit a series low with a 1.3 rating in the demo and 5.96 million viewers. Though Ghost Whisperer was once a hit show for the network, those times are clearly over.
To little surprise, CBS has decided to cancel Ghost Whisperer. The series finale is set to air this Friday, May 21st.
However, because ABC Studios co-produces the series (with CBS), there have been discussions that it could switch networks. Medium ran for years on NBC before being cancelled and picked up by CBS.
ABC’s entertainment president, Stephen McPherson, has said that he’d be interested in picking up Ghost Whisperer if the series became available. ABC scheduler Jeff Bader told Variety today that they’ve toyed with the idea. He said, “We talked a lot about it. It could make a good lead-in to Body of Proof.”
To keep costs down, ABC has been committed to running only one scripted series on Friday nights but the execs will supposedly look at the possibility of picking up Ghost Whisperer in the next few days.
What do you think? Should ABC pick up Ghost Whisperer for season six or should it stay cancelled?
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bye the way im 10 turninng 11 in november i wish they wouldnt have cancelled ghost whisperer
I love Ghost Whisperer! Please pick it up ABC!
i wish i could see the finale episode i also wish they wouldnt cancelled it
im 10 and a half anyway i love ghost whisperer i cant beleive the cancelled it i wish they didnt
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PICK IT UP..YOU GAVE MEDIUM A CHANCE DO THE SAME FOR GHOST WHISPERER!
It should stay on! They didn’t even advertise this past weeks episode as the series finale. I only found out about the cancellation from Facebook!! Very sad…this is a great show! Not too many decent ones left!
LOVE IT! PLEASE keep it. And don’t lose her husband; I hated when he was dead.
I really enjoy Ghost Whisperer both the characters and how in every show good always prevails over evil. I have watched every show and have several favorites and am really upset over the thought of it being canceled. I would definitely follow Ghost Whisperer to ABC and any night of the week would be OK.
I LOVE GHOST WHISPERER AND JENNIFER AND DAVID AND ALL THE CAST.
PLEASE KEEP IT ON THE AIR—–VERY INTERESTING AND NOT THE SAME OLD THING. SHOWS WITH TOPICS LIKE IT AND MEDIUM ARE A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AND PERIODICALS, BOOKS AND NEWS THESE DAYS. FRIDAY NIGHTS NEED SOME NEW GOOD SHOWS BUT SHOULD KEEP THE GOOD ONES THEY HAVE AS WELL. WORK ON GIVING US SOMETHING ELSE AS GOOD AS THEM TO WATCH AS WELL?? THANK YOU–
ABC should DEFINITLY pick up ghost whisperer. Me & my family watch the show every friday night!! We look foward to it the entire week. We all sit down together and watch it….with soccer every night its one of the only family time we have.
I, as alot of comments I see that people have watched every episode since the begining. I have recorded if I was not home but most of the time I was home. Please reconsider the cancelling of the Ghost Whisperer.
You can beg until you’re blue in the face. Networks shows live and die by ratings which generates ad revenue. Ghost Whisperer put a nail in its own coffin by killing Jim in season 5 and then contriving a lame plot mechanism to explain his remaining in Melinda’s life. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! Then there’s that irritating child they added to the cast!
Please keep GW on ABC has to pick it up pretty please
OMG!!!! I LOVE THIS SHOW. I love it so much , that I find myself watching repeats ,whenever I can. Please , please, Abc ….please pick it up. I ‘m sure , you won’t be sorry!!!
I really can’t believe cbs. Who makes the finial cut?? What criteria is used to evaluate , what shows stay and what goes? Whatever the formula, it must be terrible in accurate!!! I love this show, my husband loves the show and my 17 hr old ,loves it. I was so looking forward to the storyline evolving with Melinda’s son. As he grows….what new powers will develope…..there is just way too much story left to unfold, to cut the show , like this!! Come on ABC ……. It will be CBS’ lost ..and ABC’s rating gain!!!!
I have watched every single episode . made my work schedule to work around the show. and now you are gonna cancel it? what is wrong with that picture? ABC pick it up please I need my ghost whisperer!!!!!